Table 1.
Demographic characteristics related to attitudes toward working in township health centers
| Characteristic | Negative (%) | Positive (%) | Neutral (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gendea) | Male | 291 (50.9) | 680 (44.6) | 973 (37.8) |
| Female | 281 (49.1) | 843 (55.4) | 1,601 (62.2) | |
| One-child familya) | No | 408 (71.3) | 1,286 (84.4) | 2,126 (82.6) |
| Yes | 164 (28.7) | 237 (15.6) | 448 (17.4) | |
| Place of birtha) | City | 139 (24.3) | 147 (9.7) | 399 (15.5) |
| County | 121 (21.2) | 255 (16.7) | 442 (17.2) | |
| Village | 312 (54.5) | 1,121 (73.6) | 1,733 (67.3) | |
| Programa) | Three-year program | 17 (3.0) | 694 (45.6) | 283 (11.0) |
| Five-year program | 555 (97.0) | 829 (54.4) | 2,291 (89.0) | |
| Majora) | Bachelor's degree: clinical medicine | 470 (82.2) | 728 (47.8) | 1,792 (69.6) |
| Bachelor's degree: rural-oriented medicine | 2 (0.3) | 20 (1.3) | 38 (1.5) | |
| Bachelor's degree: traditional medicine | 90 (15.7) | 358 (23.5) | 561 (21.8) | |
| Junior bachelor's degree: clinical medicine | 10 (1.7) | 417 (27.4) | 183 (7.1) | |
| Schoola) | Guangxi Medical University | 264 (46.2) | 123 (8.1) | 591 (23.0) |
| Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medical University | 110 (19.2) | 437 (28.7) | 726 (28.2) | |
| Guilin Medical University | 89 (15.6) | 151 (9.9) | 471 (18.3) | |
| Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities | 92 (16.1) | 118 (7.7) | 503 (19.5) | |
| Guangxi University of Technology | 17 (3.0) | 694 (45.6) | 283 (11.0) |
Numbers in brackets are percentages unless otherwise stated.
a)
P-value<0.001.